Sunday, 4 June 2017

Makeup Revolution Ultra Pro Cream Contour Light Medium

Hey guys! Hope you are staying out the heat and keeping
yourself hydrated. Unfortunately, many of us have summer weddings to attend so
the hunt for worthy products is on. The contour & highlight craze still
hasn’t down in mid-2017 so I’m concerned. On the bright side, more consumer
brands are coming out with options for the average makeup hoarder. Makeup
Revolution came out with cream and powder contour-highlight palettes before but
the shades were too warm in my opinion. During the last few months, they
released new versions with different shades and packages. These looked about
right to me. I already have two singles for powder so I wanted the cream one in
Light Medium. It comes another shade, Medium Dark.

Product Claims

Sculpt, define and enhance your features with our new HD Pro
cream contour palette. Available in powder and cream formula. Our cream contour
palettes are great for a natural finish. A mix of highlight, contour and bronzing
shades in warm and cool undertones so you can find the shades to suit you. Long
wearing, highly pigmented and creamy formula.

Contour shades can be used to add definition and depth to
the hollows of your cheekbones, jawline and temples. Highlight shades can be
used to brighten under eyes, and enhance your cheekbones, cupids bow and
wherever else you desire.

Apply with finger tips, or a synthetic brush. Blend with a
damp blending sponge or synthetic hair brush.

What Do I Think?

Contouring redefines the shadows naturally present in the
receded areas of your face after the foundation has made an even base hiding
them to some degree. Your contour shade should be a few shades darker and
cooler than your natural skin color. I was slightly disappointed that it only
had one cool toned shade with the right depth for people around my complexion. Anyone
considerably lighter and cooler than me would struggle with this shade. There
should be a shade cooler and lighter than this one.

The top row is made of highlighter shades and there is no
shimmer in them. They are meant to be used alone, mixed with each other or your
concealer to brighten up the lifted areas of your face. You may apply them
lightly under your eyes, top of your cheekbones, forehead, chin and the bridge
of your nose. There is another highlighter shade on the bottom right for some
reason. Starting from the top left, I will now describe the shades. Remember
that the pictures taken do not represent the true color. It differs in various
lighting conditions.

We have a warm cream/ivory, light peach, medium tan and
medium warm brown/ caramel shade. The bottom right highlighter shade is like
vanilla custard. I think the highlighter shade range is good for neutral and
warm toned people but not cool toned people. The bottom row starting from the
left has a dark cool brown. I wish it was a bit cooler so that people more cool
toned than me could use it easily. If someone wanted to warm it up they could
have just mixed in the caramel shade. The next is a warmer and lighter brown
like milk chocolate and after that we have a dark warm brown like a nutty
brown. I use the caramel one as a bronzer and mix the custard with some light
peach to make a highlighter shade. The dark cool brown is the contour shade for
me but I wish it was slightly cooler. I think this shade range is ideal for
Desi skin tones because there aren’t many cool toned people in South Asia.

The packaging is simple and sturdy with a transparent lid so
you can easily find it in your stash. The ingredients are printed on the
cardboard that covers the palette. It has propylparaben but I don’t really mind
since the studies about parabens being harmful are inconclusive. The net weight
is 20g but it’s not bulky so you can carry it around while traveling.

The problem with this palette is that its formula is not
exactly easy to blend. It’s better during the summer. It feels creamy when you
touch it in the palette but once it’s on your skin, it’s a different story. You
can put some moisturizer on your brush to help blend it or mix some facial oil
in the product. I can confidently say that it lasts reasonably well because it
actually stains your skin. I guess this is a good thing but you have to be
accurate in your placement.

I suggest never using the war-paint-swipes-on-your-cheek
technique with this palette. Firstly, that is never a good idea and secondly,
you will have cried a river by the time you’re done blending that on your face.
Use your finger, spatula or flat brush to deposit some product on the back of
your hand. Then take your fluffy synthetic contour brush and gently lift some product
off it. Then you can make a duck face and start applying the cream contour to
your face. I’d recommend doing the same when you use the highlight shades minus
the duck face. Imagine putting a thick hard-to-blend cream under your eyes. It
will just happily sit there and emphasize your wrinkles. Remember, the less
product you use the better the results. You can always add more if you want in
thin layers buffing away each as you go.

I don’t recommend buying this product if you are a beginner.
If you think you can make it work, the price tag seems reasonable and you are
out of options then go for it. Let me know what you think and if you have any
other questions about it.